Cowboys excited about 2-tight end set

With Texas A&M alumnus Martellus Bennett emerging as a force, the Cowboys are expecting big things out of their two tight end set this season.

“It’s harder to match up when it’s two good tight ends, and that’s what we have,” Wade Phillips said Monday. “We have one certainly outstanding one in (Jason) Witten. Maybe the top one in the league in Witten, and Martellus shows up every day. Every day you see him make a play. He’s been pretty consistent that way. We have high hopes that he’s going to be a threat also.

“Yeah, it puts a lot of pressure, because basically tight ends play on linebackers, maybe a strong safety. Well, if you have two tight ends, one of them is going to be on a linebacker. They can put a safety on one of them, but the other one is going to be on a linebacker. We’re going to try to take advantage of that in those situations with those two players as long as Martellus keeps progressing and keeps playing the way he’s playing. Really, he doesn’t have to progress any more. He caught another touchdown pass today in this morning’s practice, one of the few really good offensive plays that we had.”

Bennett is a goofball, but he’s serious about football. My guess is he and Witten will be Tony Romo’s go-to guys, much to Roy Williams’ dismay.